If you were around when phone theft was a thing on BART and Muni you'd never sit near a door again :) It was comical how bad it was and how little the govt did

If you were around when phone theft was a thing on BART and Muni you'd never sit near a door again :) It was comical how bad it was and how little the govt did about it other than demand apple fix the issue. Would have been trivial to have an undercover cop on their phone near a door all day - they'd have caught tons of criminals. That said, at least for phones activation lock was game changing. Not sure about laptops, maybe they can't ID them or fewer activate lock or there is a way to use them in a claim scam (ie, damage and "return" laptops while reselling the real one?)